From left to right are Joan Morrish, Patty Brueckner, Bailey Rhodefer, Kenzi Rhodefer, Dean Rhodefer, Jay Rhodefer, Anita Reynods, Keri Rhodefer and pastor Jerry Luengen.

From left to right are Joan Morrish, Patty Brueckner, Bailey Rhodefer, Kenzi Rhodefer, Dean Rhodefer, Jay Rhodefer, Anita Reynods, Keri Rhodefer and pastor Jerry Luengen.

World War I monument to be rededicated Saturday

CARLSBORG — The Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will rededicate a monument to the 10 Clallam County men who died in World War I.

The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The monument was erected in 1924 by Toussent Benoit, a private citizen, in front of the Carlsborg School, which is now the Carlsborg Family Church, 481 Carlsborg Road.

The monument has been restored with a new bronze plaque naming the 10 Clallam County residents who died in the war.

The original monument did not name the men.

A new stone was installed by Mick Hersey, a monument restoration specialist from the Bremerton area, in September.

The original marker is now at Sequim Museum and Arts in Sequim.

The restoration was spearheaded by chapter member Anita Reynolds, the great-niece of Cldye A. Rhodefer, one of the men who died.

“The Rhodefer family is very excited to see this monument restored and that it came together on its 100-year anniversary,” Reynolds said. “The church is also very happy about it. They are proud to have this historical monument on their property, and to have the plaque replaced.”

The wording of the original plaque appears on the new stone along with the names of the Clallam dead.

The 10 men from Clallam County who died in the European conflict are Walter E Akeley, U.S. Army, Port Angeles; Benneville William Bertolet, U.S. Army, Clallam Bay; Gudstein Borgford, U.S. Army, Clallam Bay; Donald Dorr, U.S. Army, Port Angeles; William G Grason, U.S. Army, Port Angeles; Jack Grennan, U.S. Marine Corps, Sequim; Earl Jenkins, U.S. Navy, Port Angeles; John P Moore, U.S. Army, Port Angeles; Clyde A. Rhodefer, U.S. Army, Sequim; and Jacob Sunde, U.S. Army, Port Angeles

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